SXSW Interactive 2014: Digital Sea

My first trip to SXSW Interactive came with a surprising revelation: the Austin festival’s colorful pageant of industry parties and grand sensory spectacle isn’t simply a tacked-on excuse to let loose.

Geotunes is a 2014 Webby Awards Honoree — Twice!

The 2014 Webby Award Honorees have been announced, and Geotunes picked up two honors in the categories of Media Streaming and Best Visual Design – Function.

Virtual Reality's Artistic Potential

The closer we can get to precisely manipulating all aspects of the human sensory experience, the more powerfully we can imprint a lasting artistic impression.

With Open Source Music, Everything Old Is New Again

A look at how Beethoven's prediction of a musicians' collective is taking a step closer to reality with the open source music movement.

In our rapidly-evolving technological world, major shifts occur year over year which can challenge and redefine our pre-conceived notions of an industry. When the KUSC Interactive team began exploring the potential...

Twitter has a strong hunch that its platform can be used to engage with music and musicians in new ways, but the newly-public company seems unsure about what form that engagement should take. On the heels of the now-defunct #Music service and a jettisoned bid to acquire Soundcloud, the question arises: why is Twitter so determined to expand its focus to include music?